Bonaire, famous for its diving is visited by dive enthusiasts year-round. Seldom do those divers visit the Kralendijk boat mooring field as it is full of junk left from fishermen, sailors, and the general populace. Yet, within that field is a treasure trove of marine life and marine life behavior that you rarely see. You just need to search through the rubble, sunken fishing boats and other debris. In this episode we do just that and we see brilliant Frogfish, mating Balloonfish, a Yellowmouth Jawfish, a snakefish, a large barracuda getting cleaned, and a whole lot more. This episode is packed with color and shot largely in macro the detail is off the charts.

The “yet to be identified” was thought to be a Boga except that it has only one dorsal fin. Thanks to subscriber Jason Hartsoe, it is believed to be in the sardine family and possible Jenksinia Stolifera:

https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/caribbea...


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=== Chapters ===
0:00 Dive Location and Monologue
1:59 A Diver's Life Intro
3:01 Opening
3:19 Heading to the mooring Field
6:45 Big Barracuda Cleaning Station
7:43 Beauty in the Rubble
9:02 Hunt for the Frogfish
11:14 Yellow Submarine
11:42 Heading North for Sunset
12:58 Amorous Balloonfish
13:36 Something Special and its Critters
14:01 Life on the Edge of the debris field
15:46 Massive Silverside school and Wrap Up
====

Music

Changing Outlook - Trevor Kowalski (Epidemic Sound)
Blue - Eklo feat. Jordin Laine (RFM youtube)
Latency - Real Heroes (Epidemic Sound)
Lost Empire - David Celeste (Epidemic Sound)
Memory - Francis Wells (Epidemic Sound)
Moonlight Dreams - Megan Wolford (Epidemic Sound)
Soothing Nature - Spirits of Dreams (Epidemic Sound)
Surroundings - Helmut Schenker (Epidemic Sound)
Unbound Spirit. - Duke Herrington (Epidemic Sound

Sound Effects - Epidemic Sound

Video equipment:
Sony A7sIII camera
Sony A7siii Nauticam housing
Sony FE 28-60 F/4.5.6 lens
Sony FE 90mm F 2.8 Macro G OSS Lens
Nauticam Nauticam Wet Wide Lens 1B (WWL-1B)
Atomos Ninja V+ Big Blue 15000 Lumen Lights
IPhone 12 Pro Max

Credits

Cast - Richard Schwerdtfeger

Cinematography Rich Schwerdtfeger
Script, Narration, Monolog, Post Production: Rich Schwerdtfeger
Associate Producer and Spotter - Doreen Schwerdtfeger